Deductions & Speculations ESL TEFL Upper Intermediate Lesson Plan
Teach upper-intermediate (B2) ESL/TEFL students to make logical deductions and speculations using English modal verbs (must, might, could, may, can't) about ambiguous situations.
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Teach upper-intermediate (B2) ESL/TEFL students to make logical deductions and speculations using English modal verbs (must, might, could, may, can't) about ambiguous situations.
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